Friday Morning Test

Wednesday, August 26th and Friday August 28th will be split into morning and afternoon sessions. Descriptions of the Friday morning workshops are listed below.

Morning Session - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Friday Elementary A.M.		Friday Secondary A.M.
Podcasts in Reading and Writing		Fluency - Recording Books on CD
This workshop will focus on integrating podcast technology into a reading or writing program. Techniques will be discussed for application to poetry, reader’s theater, publication and others. Participants will leave the workshop with the ability to create podcasts and record them to a CD. Presenters: Laurel Jones and Beth Kourt Target Audience: K-5		This workshop will demonstrate methods for creating books on CD for your classroom and develop lesson plans so students can create their own. Instructors will demonstrate Audacity, an audio recording program that contains tools for editing and adding sound effects to a create high quality books on CD. Participants will have time to create their own books on CD for classroom libraries and create lesson plans for fluency work using Audacity. Participants should bring a few books (or a short chapter book) they would like to record (bring a blank CD-R for each book). Presenter: Jen Steil and Mary Landry Target Audience: K-12
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Introducing Inquiry into Primary and Intermediate Research		What Does The Book Make You Think About?
This workshop will demonstrate how student inquiry can be incorporated into both primary and intermediate student research. Participants will have the opportunity to bring an existing research project and transform it into a student focused learning experience using inquiry to define purpose, generate questions, examine information resources, and ultimately demonstrate learning by creating a meaningful research project. Participants will also develop strategies to incorporate higher-level thinking skills into their research project. The workshop will examine how technology can be used to enhance and support the inquiry process. Presenters: Amy Deitz and Pam Held Target Audience: K-5		This workshop examines teaching methods that attempt to connect required class texts with database readings. The project based activities discussed give students experience in sustained reading of online sources and provide opportunities for choice. During the workshop, these techniques will be demonstrated by modeling a lesson on Of Mice and Men. In the example, students examine what the book makes them think about and how these ideas and reactions relate to non-fiction articles available through databases such as CQ Researcher and SIRS. The students then take these lessons and use them to develop a critical thinking paper. Presenter: Jodi Danaher Target Audience: 9-12
Classroom Suite/Activity Exchange		Tools to Help Develop Written Production
This workshop will provide an overview of literacy and language-based activities available through the Activity Exchange from IntelliTools. These activities can be downloaded and used on computers equipped with Classroom Suite v. 3 or v. 4. Information/Lessons can be used for general education students or special education students with varying needs/abilities. Topics to be covered: • Accessing the Activity Exchange • Searching for activities • Organizing downloads/creating folders • Opening the activities for student use via Classroom Suite • Some information will be given on modifying the activities from the original downloaded version to accommodate students’ individual strengths/needs. • Time will be provided for participants to practice searching, downloading and experiencing various activities appropriate for their student population. • Other related info will be shared and hand-outs summarizing the info will be provided. Presenters: Mary Jane Roach and Janet Cassidy Target Audience: K-5		Written expression requires a variety of skills. These range from symbol production and spelling to sentence and paragraph generation. This workshop will spend time exploring and sharing resources that will develop these skills in order to create a bank of tools. Topics will include: • Journals • Cloze Writing • Word Wall folders • Structured Approaches • Graphic Organizers • Writing Rubrics • Writing conference • Connections to text • Grammar games and websites • Online dictionaries • Writing conference Attendees are invited to bring any resources they have to share. Presenter: Eileen Pasquini Target Audience: K-12
Café in the Classroom: Helping Children Visualize Literacy Goals		Think Ahead with Apple Computers
Come ready to learn how the CAFÉ assessment system can help students understand and master different strategies used by successful readers. (CAFÉ = Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary) We will learn about goal-setting with students in one-on-one conferences, posting of goals on a whole-class board, developing instruction based on groups of children with similar goals, and targeting whole-class instruction based on emerging student needs. We will view video clips of individual conferences, small group lessons and whole class instruction in Joan Moser’s classroom. Presenter: Dianna Reagan Target Audience: K-2		Learn the latest 21st century applications from Apple Computer. Limit of 30. Presenters: Apple Staff